Fonds consists of textual records and photographs by and about Aileen Harmon, as well as collected items. Textual records include: letter from Harmon to the Director of Alberta's provincial parks re addition of Yamnuska area to Bow Valley Provincial Park, 1973; brief, from Harvie Heights and Bow Va…
26.5 cm of textual records. -- 33 photographs (26 prints : b&w and col. ; 20.5 x 30 cm or smaller -- 6 negatives : b&w nitrate negatives ; 12.5 x 10 cm -- 1 transparency : col. slide ; 35 mm)
History / Biographical
Aileen Harmon (1912 - 2015), daughter of Byron Harmon, worked as a government naturalist at Banff, Alberta, Canada and was involved in local natural history groups and activities. Aileen was a founding member, alongside Bruce Gordon, of the Bow Valley Naturalists, and was also on the Board of The Canadian Wildlife Federation and The Society of Alberta Naturalists. Aileen moved to Mill Bay on Vancouver Island, B.C. in 1981 following the end of a lengthy career with Parks Canada. During her retirement years, Aileen travelled extensively, reaching all seven continents. She also authored an autobiographical book, titled "Tales of My Mountain Life", in 2004. Aileen passed away on January 9, 2015 at the age of 102.
Scope & Content
Fonds consists of textual records and photographs by and about Aileen Harmon, as well as collected items. Textual records include: letter from Harmon to the Director of Alberta's provincial parks re addition of Yamnuska area to Bow Valley Provincial Park, 1973; brief, from Harvie Heights and Bow Valley subdivision residents to public hearings on land use and resource development in the eastern slopes, 1973; letter re James Hector, 1979; notes on career, 2003; notes on Catharine Whyte for CBC recording, 2004; Christmas cards and collected articles, ca.1960. Photographs, made by and collected by Aileen Harmon, pertain to Aileen Harmon and friends, skiing, Skoki area, Mount Yamnuska, Banff Indian Days. Includes photographs by Byron Harmon.
Added content from accession 2016.8596 : ca. 25 cm of textual records including personal correspondence, guest book, original writing and notes by Aileen Harmon, personal travel journals from a 1931 packing trip and 1933 ski trip to Skoki, drafts of autobiographical book "Tales of My Mountain Life", articles pertaining to or written by Aileen Harmon, Christmas cards, and letters of condolence to Carole Harmon following Aileen's passing. Also 26 print photographs, 6 negative photographs from a 1937 hiking trip, and one transparency.
Fonds consists of one series :
Series I - Personal records
Fonds consists of textual and visual records pertaining to Malcolm Geddes, as well as his immediate family: wife Jennie (Waters) Geddes, and children Alvin and Enid Geddes; and extended family members. Fonds includes records related to Malcolm's work as a poet and author (including original drafts …
Some views are by Malcolm Geddes; many were obtained through other sources
Date Range
[1896-2013]
Physical Description
444 photographs: 385 b&w and col. transparencies, 59 b&w prints -- 1 album (28 b&w prints) -- 11 cm of textual records
History / Biographical
Malcolm Daniel Geddes, 1866-1927, was a journalist, publisher and mountaineer at Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Geddes was one of the founders of the "Farmers and Ranch Review" in 1904, and served as vice-president and editor until his death. He joined the Alpine Club of Canada in 1917, was active in ACC summer camps and served as Honorary Secretary from 1924 to 1926. Geddes was killed in a mountaineering accident on Mount Lefroy in 1927.
Scope & Content
Fonds consists of textual and visual records pertaining to Malcolm Geddes, as well as his immediate family: wife Jennie (Waters) Geddes, and children Alvin and Enid Geddes; and extended family members. Fonds includes records related to Malcolm's work as a poet and author (including original drafts and publications), Malcolm's career in real estate, family letters, financial records, records of mountain ascents and hikes with the Alpine Club of Canada, family trees and genealogical research, and other related materials.
Notes
Fonds consists of three series:
Series I : Professional records
I / A : Published materials
I / B : Manuscripts and notes
I / C : Professional correspondence
Series II : Financial records
Series III : Personal and family records
III / A : Travel and mountain expeditions
III / B : Genealogy and research
III / C : Other personal and family records
Arrangement of fonds was redone by Processing Archivist Kate Skelton between December 2020 and March 2021 to accommodate unprocessed materials from accessions 7846, 2014.8306 and 2015.8558
File pertains to Barnes family members and activities at Kootenay Plains, Banff, Jumping Pound and Morley, Alberta. Includes a mix of family portraits, scenic views, wildlife, sports and recreation, Stoney Nakoda, and ranching.
File pertains to Barnes family members and activities at Kootenay Plains, Banff, Jumping Pound and Morley, Alberta. Includes a mix of family portraits, scenic views, wildlife, sports and recreation, Stoney Nakoda, and ranching.
Notes
Negatives are related to negatives in sub-series I.A. Negatives : Film
Identifications provided by Barnes family and Archives
LIST OF NEGATIVES :
1 Elliott Barnes and dog (Gyp)
2 Elliott Barnes in front of fireplace at his Kootenay Plains cabin, [1907?]
3 Barnes cabin at Kootenay Plains, Elliott Barnes on step, Elliott Peak in background
4 Horses on Kootenay Plains, Indigenous man and Barnes herding, Elliott Peak in background
5 Horses pasturing on Kootenay Plains
6 Kootenay Plains, 1906
7 Kootenay Plains and Mt. Siffleur
8 Kootenay Plains and unknown peak
9 Indigenous woman and child at Kootenay Plains [Mrs. Paul Beaver]
10 Barnes pack train on Siffleur River
11 Horse (Grace) on Badger Pass
12 Valley of the Ten Peaks, 1906
13 Glacier
14, 18 Waterfall/s
15 to 18 Mountain scene/s
19 Elliott Barnes fishing on Forty Mile Creek
20 Elliott Barnes and Mr. Jordan fishing on Forty Mile Creek
21 Fishing scene
22 Elliott Barnes fishing
23 Hockey on Bow River at Banff, 1905-1906
24 Hockey on Bow River at Banff, 1906-1907
25 Cave and Basin bathhouse and pool, 1905 or 1906
26 Elliott Barnes and son Findlay
27 Mrs. E. Barnes and sons, 1907
28 Elliott Jr. and Findlay Barnes, 1907
29 Findlay Barnes with chickens at S-L Ranch
30, 31 Findlay Barnes using stereo viewer, 1909 or 1910
32 Stoney Band, 1909
33 People fishing on Little Jumping Pound Creek
34 Elliott Barnes and Lois fishing on Little Jumping Pound Creek
35 Boys fishing on Jumping Pound Creek (Jack Leeson on right)
36 Jack Leeson cooking fish
37 John Copithorne, [1910?]
38 Elliott and Robert Barnes roping horses at Jumping Pound
39 Elliott and Robert Barnes roping horses at Jumping Pound
40 to 44 Elliott Jr., Robert and Findlay Barnes at Jumping Pound homestead, [1914], portrait
45 Findlay Barnes at Jumping Pound homestead
46, 47 Findlay Barnes at Jumping Pound homestead (sawing), 1911
48 Findlay Barnes with fish
49 Findlay Barnes with sheep at Jumping Pound
50 Findlay Barnes on cart at Jumping Pound
51 Main room of homestead at Jumping Pound, [1914]
52 Family on porch of Jumping Pound homestead, [1914]
53, 54 Muriel Barnes at Milo, 1919, portrait
55 Baby (Eggley baby?)
56 Portrait of woman
57 Elliott Barnes' anti-rattler invention
58 Mounted specimen of cougar attacking deer from Luxton's
59 Bear attacking man
60 Hen and chicks at S-L Ranch
61 [Stoney children with playhouse teepee at Kootenay Plains, 1906?]
62 [Silas Abraham on horseback at Kootenay Plains, 1906?]
63 [Silas Abraham, Morley or Issac Beaver, and John House at Kootenay Plains, 1906?]
64 [Pack train at Kootenay Plains, 1907?]
65, 66 [Stoney horse racing at Morley, 1910?]
67, 68 [Stoney archery competition at Morley, 1910?]
NG 69 to 76 added, no independant entry
File consists of 18 b&w glass negatives. The negatives pertain to friends and family of J. D. Curren, landscapes, portraits, and activities in and near Banff, Alberta.
Activities include: picnicking, an expedition to Mount Assiniboine with Bill Peyto, a garden party, skating, swimming at the Cave …
File consists of 18 b&w glass negatives. The negatives pertain to friends and family of J. D. Curren, landscapes, portraits, and activities in and near Banff, Alberta.
Activities include: picnicking, an expedition to Mount Assiniboine with Bill Peyto, a garden party, skating, swimming at the Cave and Basin, boating on Vermilion Lakes.
Locations pictured are as follows: Dave White's store, Bow Valley, Mount Edith, Mount Rundle, Tunnel Mountain, Mount Norquay, Sulphur Mountain, near Cochrane, Mount Eisenhower (Castle Mountain), Lake Minnewanka, Brett Sanitrium, Brett home, Bow Falls, cave and basin pool house, Willow Creek, Vermilion Lakes, Bow River bridge, Cascade Mountain, Forty Mile Creek, Spray Mountain, Goat Mountain, Sundance Canyon, and the Banff Animal Paddock.
Person pictured in file are as follows: John D. Curren, Annie Curren, Lila White, Clifford White, Peter White, Dave White, Dr. R. G.Brett, Mrs.R.G.Brett, Earle Brett, Harry Brett, Raymond Rooper, and Mrs. Raymond Rooper, Mrs. Langworthy, Mr. Smithson, Miss. Smithson, John Tolson(?), D. D.Galletly, Aunt Margaret Whyte Armstrong, and Bill Peyto.
Deterioration and damage to negatives is as follows:
V683 / V / A / NG - 6: Orange/brown stain on top centre edge. Possibly mold? Minimal flaking around edges.
V683 / V / C / NG - 34: The emulsion is actively peeling in the upper right corner of the slide. The emulsion on the left side of the slide looks as if it was either processed incorrectly at the time of creation, or that the emulsion has separated from the glass and shrunk creating crease lines. There is flaking along the top border of the slide. An orange accretion is present along the top edge and in the top right corner edges. This is possibly mold on the emulsion, or it may be from another source.
V683 / V / C / NG - 36: The emulsion is actively peeling across the surface of the slide. An orange accretion is present along the right edge. This is possibly mold on the emulsion, or it may be from another source.
V683 / V / C / NG - 38: An orange accretion is present along the top edge. This is possibly mold on the emulsion, or it may be from another source. There is also a set of initials scratched into the emulsion in the bottom left corner. The initials read “R.H.B.” backwards.
V683 / V / C / NG - 42: An orange stain is present in the top right corner. This is possibly mold on the emulsion, or it may be from another source. There are also two spots where the emulsion has lifted. Flaking is present around the deteriorated areas.
V683 / V / C / NG - 47: An accretion is present in the top left corner. The accretion is an orange ring with a reddish spot in the centre. It appears to be fibrous? There is also an emulsion chip in the centre left.
V683 / V / C / NG - 49: Evidence of blue (pen?) in four spots in the center of the image in areas where there has been a loss of emulsion.
V683 / V / C / NG - 53: Orange staining in bottom left corner. Possibly mold? Some flaking along top edge.
V683 / V / C / NG - 57: Orange staining in centre left, bottom left, and top right. Possibly mold? Some flaking in top right corner edge.
V683 / V / C / NG - 58: Orange/brown staining in centre bottom. Possibly mold? Some flaking along top edge. One scratch in top right corner.
V683 / V / C / NG - 62: Top left corner of slide is broken. Previous repairs have been made affixing both pieces of the slide to an additional glass slide using tape around the edges.
V683 / V / C / NG - 64: Orange/brown staining throughout surface of image. Possible attempt to fill in scratch on emulsion in centre at edge of mountain.
V683 / V / C / NG - 66: Orange/brown staining throughout surface of image. Loss of emulsion in top left corner, top right corner, and center.
V683 / V / C / NG - 69: Orange/brown staining in top right corner, centre left edge, and bottom right corner. Loss of emulsion in top centre right and bottom right edges.
V683 / V / C / NG - 71: Yellow accretion in centre of image.
V683 / V / C / NG - 72: Orange stain in centre of image. Large vertical split in emulsion from top right edge down right side, ¾ of slide. Flaking of emulsion along top and right edges. Los of emulsion in centre bottom, top left and top right.
V683 / V / C / NG - 73: Discolouration of entire slide. Orange/brown staining in top right corner, along right edge, and top left corner. Loss of emulsion on bottom centre and centre of left edge, and flaking along top edge.
V683 / V / C / NG - 74: Considerable flaking of emulsion along left edge and peeling along bottom edge. Orange/brown stain at top right edge. Possible attempts to fill in spots of emulsion loss in centre right edge. Dark wrinkles in the emulsion in top right surface of image. In same area are circular dimples in layers of emulsion.
V683 / V / C / NG - 76: Orange/brown stain in top right corner. Discolouration in bottom and top right corners. Peeling of emulsion along top and bottom edge.
V683 / V / C / NG - 77: Bottom right corner of slide is cracked. Previous repairs made: original slide pieces affixed to new slide using silver adhesive tape sealant.
V683 / V / C / NG - 78: Half of the bottom left edge is missing. Left and right edges are discoloured. Peeling on right centre edge. Loss of emulsion in centre of image. Spots of orange staining in centre of image.
V683 / V / C / NG - 79: Image is discoloured and grimy. Evidence of fingerprints on emulsion. A bluish purple stain is located on the left edge centre. Loss of emulsion in top left corner edge.
V683 / V / C / NG - 91: Image has considerable flaking along bottom edge. A spot of the emulsion in the bottom right corner appears to have been burnt, leaving brown, burnt remnants of the emulsion.
V683 / V / C / NG - 112: Emulsion is actively flaking along top edge. Some discolouration around edges of image.
File consists of 10 b&w negatives.. The negatives pertain to various scenic views in and around Banff, Yoho, Glacier, and Jasper National Parks; along the line of the Canadian Pacific Railway; First Nations and Aboriginal subjects; various birds; Mount Robson area. File consists of composite negat…
File consists of 10 b&w negatives.. The negatives pertain to various scenic views in and around Banff, Yoho, Glacier, and Jasper National Parks; along the line of the Canadian Pacific Railway; First Nations and Aboriginal subjects; various birds; Mount Robson area. File consists of composite negatives.
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V263/II/D/1/NA - 977 [Captions on negative: Crowfoot Glacier; Peyto Glacier From Louise-Jasper Highway; MT. Athabasca; Columbia Icefields; Bow Glacier. Bow Lake; Athabasca Falls; Peyto Lake; MT. Chephren. Black and white composite negative. 21cm x 30cm]
V263/II/D/1/NA - 978 [Captions on negative: MT. Lefroy Lake Louise; On the Road To Moraine Lake; The Giant Stairway; MT Fay; Pinnacle Peak; Moraine Lake; MT. Temple, Consolation Lake; Summer Snow Storm, Lake Louise. Black and white composite negative. 21cm x 29cm]
V263/II/D/1/NA - 979 [Mount Robson from the east; Hell’s Gate in Fraser Canyon; Canadian Pacific Railway Train on Stoney Creek Bridge; unidentified canyon; Spiral Tunnels; Canadian Pacific Train below Mount Stephen. Black and White composite negative. 20cm x 25cm]
V263/II/D/1/NA - 980 [Canadian Pacific Railway Train on Stoney Creek Bridge; unidentified canyon; Spiral Tunnels; Canadian Pacific Train below Mount Stephen; Canadian Pacific Railway train in Kicking Horse Canyon; Albert Canyon. Black and white composite negative. 20cm x 25cm]
V263/II/D/1/NA - 981 [Captions on negative: Stoney Creek Bridge; 154. Cisco Bridge; 85. MT. Sir Donald; MT. Burgess, Emerald Lake, 167; 135. Lower Spiral Tunnell Field; 228. East Portal, Connaught Tunnell; 54. Mount Stephen Field; At Albert Canyon; 231. Connaught Tunnell; 131. Upper Spiral tunnel; 142. Lower Spiral tunnel; Albert Canyon 76; 217. Kicking Horse Canyon; 219. Kicking Horse Canyon; 166. Takakaw Falls; 90 Hells Gate.; Set No.3. Black and white composite negative. 25.5cm x 27.5cm]
V263/II/D/1/NA - 982 [Captions on negative: Bow Valley 246; Banff Village; Goat MTN 51; 40 Government Bath Banff; Bow Falls, Banff; MT. Edith Banff 60; 57. MT Rundle, Banff; 64. Castle MTN, Banff; 48. C.P.R. Hotel and Sulphur MT Banff; Three Sisters, Banff; 262. MT Assiniboine, NR Banff; Lake Minnewanka Banff; 157. Bow River and Goat MTN Banff; 287. Johnson Canyon, Banff; 88 Banff Avenue; 224. Johnson Canyon, Falls; 240. Cascade MTN Banff. Black and white composite negative. 19.5cm x 28cm]
V263/II/D/1/NA - 983 [Great Divide Monument. Captions on negative: 108 Lake Louise & Victoria Glacier; 264. Lake Louise; 61.; 106. Giant Stairway; 59. Lake Agnes; 147. On Field Hill; 178. Valley of Ten Peaks; 117. Victoria Glacier and MT Lefroy; 122. MT Lefroy Lake Louise; 72. Moraine Lake; Mount Temple; Lake Louise, Mirror Lake, Lakes in the Clouds, The Beehive, Lake Agnes, 109; 119. Lake Louise, MT Lefroy; 180. Consolation Valley; 149. On Field Hill. Black and white composite negative. 19.8cm x 27.5cm. One aperture missing.]
V263/II/D/1/NA - 984 [Captions on negative: Stoney Encampment; Western Indian Squaw; Western Indian Family; 247. Indian Totem Pole; Indian Squaw; Indian Chief; Indian Chief; Western Indian Squaw & Family; Stoney Indian Encampment; Stoney Indian; Indian & Squaw; Indian Children; Bearskin Stoney Indian; Indian Chief; Western Indian Family; Indian Warrior. Black and white composite negative. 25cm x 27.5cm]
V263/II/D/1/NA - 985 [Captions on negative: Great Blue Herons; Canadian Duck on Nest; Willow Grouse; Canadian Geese; Canadian Gull; Gulls Nest; 454. Young Pelicans; 456. Blue Heron; 455. Widgeon; Ptarmigan and Young; Duck’s Nest; Snow Ptarmigan; Pelican on Nest; 452. Young Gull; Blue Grouse; 463. Comorant. Black and white composite negative. 25cm x 28cm]
V263/II/D/1/NA - 986 [Mount Robson from the east; train crossing Stoney Creek Bridge; Spiral Tunnels; Canadian Pacific Railway train in Kicking Horse Canyon; Hell’s Gate, Fraser Canyon; unidentified canyon; Canadian Pacific Railway train below Mount Stephen; Albert Canyon. Black and white composite negative. 30cm x 25cm]